A Collection of Poems

By A.E. Lee

Riding on a train on the way to a friend's wedding, magic struck for author AE Lee: inspired by the upcoming celebration, she wrote her first poem, The Dragonfly. Already an author following the publication of her memoir, One of the Lucky Ones, she had yet to delve into the world of poetry, but after the wedding, the poems kept coming, and she took it upon herself to write sixty poems in sixty days. A Collection of Poems is a compilation of those poems.

A Collection of Poems is divided into four sections: Seeking Solace, Seeking Gratitude, Seeking Inspiration, and Seeking Love. The poems in each cover topics large (motherhood, survival) and small (butterflies, willow trees), but all guide readers to hope, resilience, and peace--and perhaps a glass or two of champagne.

Lee has experienced plenty of turmoil in her life, but she has never lost sight of the beauty that remains, even in the midst of chaos. A Collection of Poems shines a spotlight on that beauty and the lessons that can be learned by those with open hearts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 22, 2023
• ISBN: 9798887310404

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

Introduction

Seeking Solace

The Dragonfly

The Message of the Blue Heron

By Grace

Silence Is an Answer

The Light at the End

And Now We Heal

Her Voice

Angel Above

Let the Waves Carry You

Mistakes

Space and Time

You Are Safe

Celebrate Life

The Willow Tree

The Universe Will Protect You

Go Look at the Moon

Becoming a Butterfly

This or Something Better

Overcoming the Fear Within

You've Got This

Survivor

Seeking Gratitude

Here's to the Women

My City

My Son, My Moon, My Stars

Thank Heavens for Little Girls

Where Has the Time Gone?

Go Thank a Teacher

I Am Lucky

Thank You, More Please

Motherhood

To My True Partner in Crime

Seeking Inspiration

Eat the Cake

New Year

Worth the Wait

Be a Unicorn

Heart Sing

Love the Sky You're Under

Champagne Wishes

Finding Your Purpose

The Power of Pink

Spring Flower

Inhale Peace, Exhale Joy

Let's Have an Adventure

Courage and Kindness

Worthy of Love

Baseball Is Life

Daisy

Pump Your Legs and Swing

Lapis Lazuli

Turn the Page

Seeking Love

To Find Your Person

Bewitched

All In

Thinking of You

Whose Hands Are Whose

Today, Tomorrow, Always

The Air I Breathe

Soul to Soul

You Can Lean on Me

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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A Collection of Poems

A.E. Lee

Copyright © 2023 A.E. Lee

All rights reserved

First Edition

Fulton Books

Meadville, PA

Published by Fulton Books 2023

ISBN 979-8-88731-039-8 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-88731-040-4 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

To Ley

Introduction

I hate writing poetry—dread it, actually. As a sixth-grade teacher, I always hated our unit on poetry. And then, all of the